| Postcode | DL12 9HW | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Barnard Castle | 
| Nearest station | Kirkby Stephen (24 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       Town End (W) 
East End (S) 
Bypass Slip Road (W) 
Bypass Slip Road (E) 
Church (W) 
Church (E) 
                     | 
                  
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 6 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                       Brown's Stores House, Unicorn View, Bowes 
                            Forge Cottage, Unicorn View, Bowes 
                            3 Unicorn View, Bowes 
                       | 
                  
| Main property type | Terraced | 
| Businesses | 
                     
                        No businesses found
                     
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| Latitude | 54.516907 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.009243 | |
| Easting | 399499 | |
| Northing | 513512 | |
| Grid reference | NY994135 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 564135 6041487 | |
| what3words | grumbling.tech.logs | |
| FixPhrase | crumpet luxurious sequence vigorous | |
| Plus code | 9C6VGX8R+Q8 | |
| Altitude | 284 metres (932 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:17 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:28 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 53.4 KMs (33.2 miles) | 
| Parish | Bowes | E04010600 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Upper Teesdale | E05016199 | 
| Unitary Authority | County Durham | E06000047 | 
| County | County Durham | E11000007 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Bishop Auckland | E14001101 | 
| MP | Sam Rushworth | Labour | 
| Police force | Durham | |
| Water company | Northumbrian Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Durham | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Population (2011) | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 4 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | 
                     Most deprivedLeast deprived 
                   | 
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| Average household income (2020) | 
                       Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       
                     | 
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings in a sparse setting | |
| Census output area (2021) | E00105884 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1A3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | County Durham 067G | E01020863 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | County Durham 065B | E01020863 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Barnard Castle & Upper Teesdale | E02007022 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Upper Teesdale | E02004346 | 
| Travel to work area | Durham and Bishop Auckland | E30000203 | 
| Average property price in Darlington | £170,987 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 4.9% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown's Stores House, Unicorn View, Bowes | Terraced (freehold) | Mar 2025 | £293,000 | 
| Terraced (freehold) | Jan 2002 | £70,000 | |
| 3 Unicorn View, Bowes | Terraced (freehold) | Aug 2018 | £65,000 | 
| Forge Cottage, Unicorn View, Bowes | Detached (freehold) | May 2008 | £128,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Jun 2000 | £64,000 |